Papules are small, painful, red and they almost never have a 'head' 🔴 They're a type of inflammatory acne and are usually found in grades 2 and 3. Papules begin the same way as non-inflammatory acne with dead skin cells and sebum clogging the pore. However, the c.acnes bacteria that lives within your pore begins to feed on the excess trapped sebum and starts to multiply 🦠 Your body senses this overproduction of c.acnes bacteria and sends white blood cells to the area - this causes inflammation